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QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 24, 2010 -> 09:16 AM) I would like to get him regardless of whether we need him for the postseason or not. I think acquiring him for the last 30 games or so would be a nice test run for possibly bringing him in via FA next season. He might be a good DH to have to help displace the loss of PK if Dayan were to take over at 1B and PK were to move on. I agree. He's not going to command a huge amount of money anymore, and he could be a good DH candidate. Why not give him a test run?

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 08:16 PM) I guess I was just oblivious that the show would actually go there with a 10 year old and it didn't cross my mind. Sepinwall brought up a good question in his blog about the episode. How did the director direct that girl in that scene? That's a good question. Obviously with almost all of it happening off screen she only had to begin the um, well. The girl's acting has been quite good this season. She seems to be playing the from a broken home pre-teen perfectly.

I like the money, but I also like spending time with the family. At my kids' ages right now they are involved in sports or dancing or something almost every day so it's hard to work late too often. For the most part, though, if I have to stay late my wife is home to take the kids where ever they need to go.

My prediction is that Manny will most likely be a Chicago White Sox or a Dodger or a member of another team sometime between now and the end of the season. I'll further my prediction by saying he will swing a bat and occasionally make contact with a baseball thrown by a pitcher towards his bat. He may even hit the ball. That being said, I wouldn't mind seeing him in a White Sox uniform.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 02:05 PM) I guess you just won't believe me and I live out here. We have had MANY STORMS that didn't Topeka, Lawrence, Olathe and never hit the K. If they canceled every game where storms were coming then the Royals wouldn't have a season. Why you believe Ozzie should have played God and started Linebrink is beyond me. They started the f***ing game. You play the cards given you. It's modern baseball's fault Jackson couldn't go in the DH. It's f***ing absurd that pitcher's can't pitch the following day after merely warming up and throwing a few pitches. But that's the way it is. The fault of this matter goes to . a.) God for creating thunderstorms that knocked out power at the K. The rain actually stopped. There could have been baseball at 9:30. b.) Joe West. c.) the pussification of America. Babying pitchers and they all get hurt anyway. Storms do pop up out of nowhere in the middle of summer, even up here. But everyone knew there was a storm coming, and they started the game anyway. They should have delayed it before the first pitch. But oh well. I agree about babying pitchers. He threw what, 10 or 15 pitches? Whatever. Pena did a fine job, though. It's too bad he didn't get the win he deserved.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 01:44 PM) Hate to say it, but it's too late. Might as well ride it out with what we've got and regroup in the winter again. I'm almost ready to agree, but this week is big for the Sox. If they somehow take 4 of 6 or better from Baltimore and NY, and the Twins lose a few, it'll look different. If they're 6+ games out after Sunday, it's over.

I'd still take him over Kotsay at this point. From MLBTradeRumors: "Damon has been claimed by an unknown team, tweets Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. The Tigers now have two days to make a trade with the claiming team, hand the player over with no return, or pull him back. SI's Jon Heyman tweets that he believes the Tigers would be willing to dump Damon for salary relief if a deal cannot be reached." Is he saying the Tigers would release him or do like the Jays did with Rios?

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 01:23 PM) The pitching has sucked this year. There's no DH out there or ever will be to conquer that. It's not easy to manage in the big leagues when your pitching sucks. I know it's hard for some people to grasp that the season was lost coming out of the gate because of pitching and now the only way for Sox to win games is if games are 6 innings. Since we like to get in the habit of blaming coaches, maybe Coop is no longer useful. If there was any part of the team most fans were comfortable with it was the pitching. Unfortunately the starting pitching began badly while the bullpen was decent. Then there was a stretch when both were great. Now the bullpen is struggling. But to say the season was a lost cause before it started (because of the pitching) is a very uninformed post.

QUOTE (Buehrlesque @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 10:37 AM) His agent is Scott Boras. Most likely, there's your answer. Ah. I see.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 09:52 AM) Didn't he also say we would see a huge move at the trade deadline? I guess he meant we'd give up our cheap #4/5 starter for the next 5 years for an expensive 14 month rental. I think Stone had heard about the potential Manny deal and was talking about that. Still, I don't put a lot of faith in his prediction that something big will go down. On a side note, do you think if Jackson performs well (as he has so far) into next season that the Sox won't try to re-sign him? Would he be too expensive?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 09:38 AM) The problem is that the Twins are having their run against AL teams whereas we did it against primarily NL teams. Just look at our division and league record. Can we all of a sudden turn that around? Maybe but it's not likely and we have no more NL teams on the schedule to beat up on. In the defense of the Sox, their streak started against NL teams but did carry into an Al schedule. But, you're right that the Twins are having a more respectable streak. A team (the Sox) that play so poorly against their own division should not win the division. It they so somehow win the division it won't be because they beat up on the Twins, Tigers, Royals, and Indians.

QUOTE (GreatScott82 @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 09:53 AM) If the White Sox gain 1 game on the Twins in every 7 games they play, they will force a tie breaker. The key is they can not afford to go beyond 5 games back. The Twins are bound to come back to Earth eventually. Hopefully when they do, they will hit hard times kind of like how we did after our hot streak. The fact of the matter is. Its not over yet. Not even close. Obviously if we can continue to play ball like this we are in BIG trouble. But I truly believe this team has one more serious run in them. Call me peter positive but this team seems to come back to life when they are on the verge of extinction. I think Kenny Williams is going to add to the pen AND add a significant bat to the lineup. He knows he has to at this point. All arrows are pointed toward Manny Ramirez. If that happens, it will be a lethal injection to a struggling lineup. That doesn't sound good.

The Sox have to play much better baseball starting tomorrow. But, that alone won't get the job done. They will have to rely on some other teams beating the Twins and/or the Twins falling apart. One would think that the Twins can't keep up their pace (the Sox didn't after a while). The question is whether it will be too late when and if they falter.

QUOTE (Chet Kincaid @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 08:46 AM) Eh... I hope you're wrong. Apparently Steve Stone is saying that something big might happen this week. And I hope he's right. I'm not sure the Sox can get back on top, but having a bat better than Kotsay's right now would be sweet.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 10:01 PM) Minnie just played an amazingly clean game on TV in a shutout of the Angels. Minnie is so good with limited talent it's scary. I think the Twins have more talent than some think. But, you're right that they play much better baseball than the Sox do, and the Sox aren't lacking in the talent category. I believe the Twins are just a better team.

I'm sure it's been mentioned in this thread before, but I'm lazy. What is Manny's contract status after this year?

It seems to me that Hawk has gotten noticeably worse this year. He can't judge a fly ball at all anymore (ulness he is just wishing that every fly ball will be a home run), he says "DAGummit" way too often, and his creepy "don't stop now boys" has grown quite thin. I find myself saying, "shut up, Hawk" many times during a game. He does have some decent one-liners here and there. The best was during the 11-0 win over the Twins after Pierre was hit by a pitch for the second time. It was right after some atrocious fielding by the Twins, and Hawk said if the pitcher was so upset he should be throwing at his own players. That was a good one.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 23, 2010 -> 07:02 AM) Tired? I guess this rotating DH solution wasn't so beneficial after all. Hey now! That whole rotating DH issue hasn't been the problem! Look at Kotsay. He's gotten some...I mean, he has been good at...well, I like his beard.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 11:28 PM) Jenky Cat is becoming my idol. Because he constantly defends Ozzie, too? I'm not sure why everyone can't see that Ozzie has made a lot of bad managerial decisions this year. The arguments of late regarding the injuries to Putz and Thornton have me scratching my head. Regardless of the number of pitches Thornton threw, he is not a 2+ inning pitcher. I'm not saying that caused his injury, but it certainly didn't help. All in all, there is way too much sniping going on here lately. There are too many posters just waiting for someone else to post something they can argue about. Discussions and disagreements are fine, that's what makes this site fun. But to call each other stupid or clueless or other inflammatory words is getting old. Take it easy guys. Yes, our team sucks right now, but let's not take it out on each other.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 04:29 PM) It's scary, every time I see the title of this thread, I think it says "TV Announcer Dies". Keep waiting to see some bio about Shoeless Ron Santo. Terrible. But I did smile a bit.

Hawk will never go away. But, I've had it with his "stretch, stretch!" call on every fly ball. That and his constant complaining. It has gotten very old this season.

I wonder if he would be nearly as good if he played a lot more. I like him, and I'd be all for some increased playing time.

And only 11 hours and 45 minutes until the next game

OVA!

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 22, 2010 -> 01:09 AM) The bars close at 1:45 a.m. in Kansas, what bout Chicago? 2Am, some at 3AM